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No. 608,593. Patented Aug. 9, I898.

G. J. GISSING.

BUTTDNHOLE CASING.

(Application filed Oct. 11, 1897. (No Model.)

GEORGE J. GISSING, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

BUTTONHOLE- CASING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 608,593, dated August 9, 1898.

Application filed October 11, 1897. Serial No. 654,766. (No model.) Patented in England May 25, 1897,No.12,937.

.Manufacture of the Buttonholes of Starched Wearing-Apparel, of which the following is a specification, the said improvements being embraced in British Letters Patent granted to me, No. 12,937, dated May 25, 1897.

The object of the present invention is to prevent collarsjcufisfand similar Wearingapparel from becoming, when starohed and dressed, so stiff at the parts where the buttonholes are made as to render it difficult to attach them to their buttons.

Collars and cuffs as usually made are composed of several thicknesses of linen or cotton or linen and cotton, and these thicknesscs, when by starching they become cemented together, make the cuff or collar extremely hard. The parts where the buttonholes are made partake of the character in1- parted to the rest of the collar or cuff, which to give a good appearance is highly starched. The difficulty of manipulating the buttons is therefore obvious. According to my invention I obviate the difficulty in the following manner: At those parts of the collar, cuff, or other article of apparel where the buttonholes are made instead of the usual filling or lining material of linen or cotton I employ.

as a filling between the outer layers of the collar a material which has no affinity for the starch and which therefore retains its softness under all circumstances. The effect of this arrangement is to prevent the cementing together of the outside layers and the undue stiffening of the parts at the buttonholes. The material which I propose generally to employ is flannel, which has the desired characteristic of remaining soft after being sub mitted to starch. I

In the accompanying drawings I have shown a collar made according to my present invention.

Figure 1 shows a collar with the outer layer removed. Fig. 2 is an outside view, and Fig. 3 is a front view, of a portion of a shirt-neckband.

The collar or neckband a is as usual provided with a lining b,of canvas or similar material. At the parts 0 c c, where the buttonholes are made, the lining b is cut away and a small pieceof flannel dis inserted, as shown in the drawings, dotted lines being used in Figs. 2 and 3 of the finished collar or neckband to indicate the position. It will be found that with this arrangement there will be no difficulty in buttoning the collar, as the two outer layers, being separated by the soft lining material, do not become unduly starched when starched in the ordinary way.

What I claim is l. A collar, cuff, or other article of wearing-apparel provided with buttonhole or other attaching portions and having a body portion designed to be stiffened by starching composed of an outer layer or layers of textile material and an inner lining of textile material, the lining for the buttonhole or other attaching portions consisting of a filling of non-starchable material, substantially as described.

2. A collar, cuff, or other article of wearing-apparel provided with buttonhole or other attaching portions and having a body portion designed to be stiffened by starching composed of an outer layer or layers of textile material and an inner lining of textile material the lining for the buttonhole or other attaching portions consisting of a filling of flannel or like material, substantially as described.

London, October 1, 1897.

GEORGE J. GISSING.

Witnesses H. H. WHITE, H. F. O. GOLTZ. 

